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1990’s Unlikely Summer Blockbuster: Ghost
In a world where action and comedy ruled the summer, one film defied all expectations. 1990's Ghost—a romance/thriller/comedy—took the box office not only through the summer, but it was the highest-grossing film of the year.
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Summer Blockbuster Month Begins: Batman (1989)
This week Mike and Steven kick off Summer Blockbuster month with 1989's Batman. This Tim Burton classic had a huge impact on Mike as a kid, and he wasn't alone.
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We Wrap Up Hitman Month with Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
In this episode, Mike and Steven round out Hitman Month with a real gem: Grosse Pointe Blank.
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Hitman Month: David Fincher’s The Killer (2023)
Hitman Month continues this week with David Fincher's Netflix film The Killer. He is a director around whom there is a lot of conversation, primarily because of his meticulousness. Mike and Steven get deep into that in this episode and their different interpretations of the film. They also close out the show with a familiar topic: the state of movie theaters.
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Hitman Month Continues with Linklater’s Hit Man (2024)
This week Mike and Steven talk in-depth about Richard Linklater's new film Hit Man and how it fits into this month's theme of . . . hitmen. They also discuss Netflix's baffling release strategy of putting these films into a very small number of theaters for a short period of time.
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Hitman Month Kicks Off with 1995’s Assassins
In this episode, we kick off hitman month as we discuss the movie Joel Schumacher's Assassins, a vehicle for Sylvester Stallone and Antonio Banderas that really allows them to show off their acting styles.
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’80s TV Adaptations Month Wraps Up with Michael Mann’s Miami Vice (2006)
This week we're wrapping up '80s TV Show Adaptation Month with a doozy: Michael Mann's 2006 Miami Vice. It's a bold swing that ended up being very divisive but is seeing a rise in popularity lately. With quite a lot of on-set drama—including shootings and hurricanes— and diva-like behavior, there's a lot to talk about and we get into all of it.
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More ’80s TV On the Big Screen with The A-Team (2010)
As '80s TV adaptations month continues on the Weekly Movie Throwdown we're turning our sights this week onto The A-Team, a show that was a big deal for both Mike and Steven when they were young.
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’80s TV Adaptations Month Continues with The Fall Guy (2024)
This week's episode looks at David Leitch's latest film, The Fall Guy, starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt. Much to their surprise, Mike and Steven both enjoyed it for the most part.
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’80s TV Adaptation Month Starts with 21 Jump Street
In this episode we kick off a month of '80s TV show adaptations with one of the best: Lord and Miller's 21 Jump Street from 2012. The film stays fairly true to the series but the tone is way lighter—something we think might be necessary to successfully bring one of these now-campy shows to the big screen. The R rating helps, too. We discuss all of that, along with a whole lot more.
